About the Book

Book: The Fifth Avenue Story Society
Author: Rachel Hauck
Genre: Contemporary Romance/ Women’s Fiction
Release Date: February 4, 2020

An invitation to join The Fifth Avenue Story Society gives five New York strangers a chance to rewrite their own stories.

Executive assistant Lexa is eager for a much-deserved promotion, but her boss is determined to keep her underemployed.

Literature professor Jett is dealing with a broken heart, as well as a nagging suspicion his literary idol, Gordon Phipps Roth, might be a fraud.

Uber driver Chuck just wants a second chance with his kids.

Aging widower Ed is eager to write the true story of his incredible marriage.

Coral, queen of the cosmetics industry, has broken her engagement and is on the verge of losing her great grandmother’s multimillion-dollar empire.

When all five New Yorkers receive an anonymous, mysterious invitation to the Fifth Avenue Story Society, they suspect they’re victims of a practical joke. No one knows who sent the invitations or why. No one has heard of the literary society. And no one is prepared to bear their deepest secrets to a roomful of strangers.

Yet curiosity and loneliness bring them back week after week to the old library. And it’s there they discover the stories of their hearts, and the kind of friendship and love that heals their souls.

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My Thoughts:

This was a mysterious and hopeful story, filled with true friendship and love as five almost strangers are invited to a special story society. Two of them, Lexa and Jett are exes, but that doesn't make them no less strangers as they both receive their invitations.

All the characters are from different walks of life. From a divorced Uber driver trying to get visitation with his kids to a "pampered" princess trying to make her own in her families business and to stay out of the spotlight. And then we have widower Ed, the eldest of the group, who wants to write his and his wife's amazing love story.

We are pulled into this society and watch them grow as strangers then friends, while also walking along side of them through their lives. Each are hiding something: long held secrets, themselves, and all are on the lonely side of life.

This is a sweet story about opening up to others, even if you have nothing in common, second chances at love, and letting others walk with you in life and sharing your burden. That was the most important lesson to me. How often we think we can do this life on our own, but in reality, we need family and friends.

This was a beautiful and unique story and one with a bit of a mystery as to why the five of them were brought together in the first place.

I was provided a copy of this novel from the publishers. I was not required to post a positive review and all views and opinions are my own.

About the Author

Rachel Hauck is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA TODAY bestselling author of The Wedding Dress, which was also named Inspirational Novel of the Year by Romantic Times and was a RITA finalist. Rachel lives in central Florida with her husband and pet and writes from her ivory tower. Visit her online at RachelHauck.com; Facebook: RachelHauck; Twitter: @RachelHauck; Instagram: @rachelhauck.